Varuzhan Babajanyan

Affiliated media: Orer.am, Owner

Incident date: August 16, 2019

Attack type:

• Prosecution for libel, insult, violation of privacy (1)

Who attacked: Non-authorities

Source: Committee to Protect Freedom of Expression

Location: Armenia, Yerevan

Additional information:

Vahe Parazyan filed a lawsuit to the Yerevan Court of General Jurisdiction against the owner of "Orer.am" website Varuzhan Babajanyan and its editor Anahit Seyranyan, seeking the public retraction of allegedly slanderous information and compensation for damage to his honour and dignity. On August 30, the lawsuit was returned for corrections, and on September 10, the website published a retraction.